Shadow and Light: An Autobiography With Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330771230 ISBN 13: 9781330771235

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from Shadow and Light: An Autobiography With Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

During the late ye'ars abroad, while read ing the biographies of distinguished men who had been benefactors, the thought oc curred that I had had a varied career though not as fruitful or as deserving of re nown as these characters, and differing as to status and aim. Yet the portrayal might be of benefit. Ff: those who, eager for ad vancement, are willing to be laborious stu dents to attain worthy ends.

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Adventure, danger, romance - Mifflin W. Gibbs seemed to invite them in his determination to better himself. He staked out considerable success as an entrepreneur and public voice in the American West before moving on to other frontiers. In California, where he had gone to seek his fortune, he was politically active, protesting the poll tax, editing a newspaper, and generally speaking out. After exile in Canada, necessitated by his civil-rights agitation and the political climate, Gibbs returned to the United States in 1869 - to Oberlin, Ohio, where he earned a degree in law. Then he went to Little Rock, Arkansas, serving as a judge until his appointment as U.S. Consul to Madagascar in 1897. Shadow and Light offers many historical sidelights - on the underground railroad young Gibbs knew first hand, the abolition movement, the Spanish-American War, and nineteenth-century race relations. Acting always on his concern for what he called "the progress of the race", Gibbs won the support and friendship of leaders as diverse as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.

About the Author

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born a slave. He graduated from what is today Hampton University in 1875, and subsequently taught there. In 1881 he founded the forerunner of Tuskegee University. He made himself and his school two of the most well-known institutions in twentieth-century black America. He earned world-renowned recognition as an educator, social theorist, and spokesperson for African Americans.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1330771230
• ISBN 13: 9781330771235
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 472